N-Methyltransferase involved in gramine biosynthesis in barley: Cloning and characterization

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2002-2008

  Larsson, Kristina A E ^a   Zetterlund, Ingvor ^a   Delp, Gabriele ^a   Jonsson, Lisbeth M V ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3 Aminomethylindole; Barley; Caffeic acid; Gramine pathway; Hordeum vulgare; N Methyl 3 aminomethylindole; N Methyltransferase; O Methyltransferase; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; GRAMINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; N METHYL 3 AMINOMETHYLINDOLE; N-METHYL-3-AMINOMETHYLINDOLE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALKALOIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HORDEUM; INDOLES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33748189395     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.06.036     Document Type: Article

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